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Sunday, October 01, 2006

United Nations: Moon over Turtle Bay? Maybe not.

Ban Ki-Moon, the foreign minister of South Korea, is the leading contender to fill the tiny shoes of Kofi Annan at the UN. However, "Moonie" received a secret "No" vote which nobody has yet owned up to. This "No" vote may or may not sink his chances to succeed the worst Secretary General in the short, unhappy life of the useless United Nations.